OK, considering how often I have been told about the huge amounts of money safe Dems are giving to Democratic challengers and the DCC, now I'm actually getting a little enraged. CQ politics has the September transfers to the DCCC and the NRCC of over $100,000 from safe incumbents.
Here are the transfers of over $100K form safe Democrats to the DCCC:
Notable transfers from campaign committees of House Democrats:
- John P. Murtha, Pa.: $200,000
- Charles B. Rangel, N.Y.: $200,000
- Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Calif.: $185,000
- Allyson Y. Schwartz, Pa.: $150,000
- Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer, Md.: $150,000
- Ben Chandler, Ky.: $125,000
- Mel Watt, N.C.: $110,000
- Louise M. Slaughter, N.Y.: $100,000
- John D. Dingell, Mich.: $100,000
That's $1.27M. Now,
here are the transfers for over $100K from Republicans to the NRCC:
- John Shadegg, Ariz.: $350,950
- Thaddeus McCotter, Mich.: $250,000
- Jack Kingston, Ga.: $250,000
- Ed Royce, Calif.: $200,000
- Robert W. Goodlatte, Va: $200,000
- Majority Leader John A. Boehner, Ohio: $175,000
- Devin Nunes, Calif.: $150,000
- Spencer Bachus, Ala.: $150,000
- Wally Herger, Calif.: $150,000
- Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, Ill.: $150,000
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Fla.: $145,000
- John L. Mica, Fla.: $125,000
- Doc Hastings, Wash.: $125,000
- Joe Knollenberg, Mich.: $111,000
- Edward Whitfield, Ky.: $100,000
- Lamar Smith, Tex.: $100,000
- F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., Wis.: $100,000
- Frank D. Lucas, Okla.: $100,000
- Charlie Norwood, Ga.: $100,000
- Gary G. Miller, Calif.: $100,000
- Joe Pitts, Pa.: $100,000
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, N.J.: $100,000
- Shelley Moore Capito, W.V.: $100,000
- Gresham Barrett, S.C.: $100,000
That comes out to $3,531,950, or $2.3M more for Republicans in large transfers than Democrats in large transfers. Now, Republicans have a pay-to-play system where how much you donate to the NRCC is a factor in determining seniority in Congress. However, elections also have a pay to play system, where if you don't have a majority in the House, you can't get anything done, and you can't stop Bush's agenda. The entire reason why the NRCC has more money in the bank that the DCCC is because Republican House members in safe districts are transferring more to the NRCC than Democratic House members in safe districts are transferring to the DCCC.
I'm sure that if you have made any calls on the Use It or Lose It campaign that you have been told, at least once, just how much money the Democratic Representative in question has given to the DCCC and Democratic challengers. However, no matter how much they have given, the fact remains that they are not given at equal rates to their Republican opponents. Not even close. This is something you need to remind them of when you
call their offices and ask them to give more.
Safe Republicans are giving more than safe Democrats.
Call safe Democrats in your state and tell them that.
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